NAS and iSCSI
DNF NAS + iSCSI products offer a variety of hard drive interface choices including SAS, SATA and SSD.
With DNF Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions, all of the users in a LAN can access a common storage pool with access to shared applications, databases, documents and internal resources. With solutions based on Windows Storage Server (FlexStor-NAS), and Open-solaris (StorBank-SL), DNF NAS products offer a variety of hard drive interface choices including SATA, SCSI and Fibre Channel Disks.
Windows-Based Storage Server 2008 NAS Microsoft's Windows Storage Server Platform offers integrated file, print and team collaboration services under an industry standard Windows-based interface. Within this familiar environment, administrators can manage their files effectively. Key features include the Volume Shadow Copy service, clustering capability, and seamless integration into Windows environments.
Input an estimate of the amount of storage you will need. Your available storage capacity will decrease depending on the RAID level you choose. Do not include hot spares in your raw storage calculation.
Input the amount of data you currently have in use. This will be used to generate an estimate on the number of disks you will need for this amount of available storage, after accounting for the RAID level.
